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Champion’s Choice® Salt.
An essential for successful pork production.

When consumed in the right amounts, Champion’s Choice® Salt in bags and blocks can help your swine maintain normal appetite to support optimal performance, including faster growth. The right minerals are essential for muscle, nerve and immune system functions and for sound reproductive health. Salt is especially important for gestating and lactating sows, and can be useful as a carrier for other nutrients essential for swine.

Swine have varying mineral requirements depending on their age, size and stage of production. That’s why there are Champion’s Choice® Salt products, like salt licks and bags, to meet a variety of needs for your drove.

For further details on the benefits of salt for your animals, consult your veterinarian.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pigs

Although all recommendations are based on resources related to general animal health, please consult your veterinarian for your specific animal needs and as the final authority for all your animal needs and recommendations.

How much salt does my pig/swine need?

The amount of salt needed will vary based on gender and type, although no more than one-half percent will likely be needed.

Tropical or hot, semi-arid climates, causing large losses of water and sodium in sweat

Heavy or intense physical work that causes profuse sweating

Animals with gut infections that cause diarrhea

When one or more of these conditions exist continuously for long periods and extra salt is not provided, sodium deprivation is inevitable.

Is water softener salt harmful to animals?

Water softening salts are not intended for human or animal feeding. For some animals, particles may be too large and cause choking issues. In addition, some water softening salts may have additives that are inappropriate for animal feeds.

Why feed trace minerals with salt to animals?

Salt is one of the few minerals that animals will seek out in their natural environment. There are seven trace minerals essential in feed: iron, copper, zinc, manganese, cobalt, iodine, and selenium. Since livestock have a natural appetite for salt, but not for trace minerals, this makes salt an ideal medium to deliver these vital minerals.

What are the symptoms of cobalt mineral deficiency in animals?

Lack of appetite

Poor growth

In sheep, decrease in wool production and growth

In ruminants, vitamin B12 deficiency

What are the symptoms of iodine mineral deficiency in animals?

Enlarged thyroid gland; goiter swell

Metabolic disorders; decrease in metabolic rate

Hair loss

Dry and scaly skin

What are the symptoms of copper mineral deficiency in animals?

Anemia

Fence and bark chewing

In sheep, abnormalities of the wool

In cattle, loss of hair coat color

In calves, blood vessel problems

In young animals, bone development issues

What are the symptoms of salt deficiency in animals?

Rough coats

Decreased performance

Unusual eating habits like consuming dirt or chewing on tool handles, trees, board fences or another animal’s mane or tail.